Islam and Extraterrestrials

[CosmicPathos]

no scientific evidence whatsoever that et life exists. and that is islamic view, it goes with what science says.

 

[Independent]

no scientific evidence whatsoever that et life exists. and that is islamic view, it goes with what science says.

No proof yet perhaps, although to be consistent with scientific thinking you might take another view - ie that it's very likely that life does exist elsewhere. Excitingly, this year the number of direct sightings of planets in the 'Goldilocks zone' (ie the right distance from the sun for life supporting atmosphere etc) has increased to over 100, making it possible that there could be 500 million more in the Milky Way alone.

In fact we may get direct evidence of life any day from now, if the Mars Rover 'Curiosity' vehicle gets lucky. (Although this would probably only be microbial).

 

[dusk]

no scientific evidence whatsoever that et life exists. and that is islamic view, it goes with what science says.

Knowing how many planets there are which could potentially sustain life the same way ours does is evidence. Given the chances it would be rather unlikely that there is no life on any other planet.
The chances of there being extraterrestrial life are a lot higher than what historians generally consider satisfying for being considered evidence.

 

[Mustafa2012]

no scientific evidence whatsoever that et life exists. and that is islamic view, it goes with what science says.

That depends on how you define extra terrestrial life.

For e.g. We know that Jinn exist because it is mentioned in The Qur'aan as another creation which exists alongside us.

However we cannot see them in the original form unless they change form to humans or animals etc.

Now they can take all different kinds of forms that humans are not used to seeing.

In this case they could be classified as aliens if they are/were seen by people because we are not familiar with their form.

We know that the Jinn have the ability to travel all the way up to the stars to try to listen to what is being spoken in the lowest heavens (Surah Al Saafaat). If so, then can we classify them as extra terrestrial because they can travel outside of our world?

We know little about their full capabilities and technology however I am very sure that most of the accounts of UFO's, aliens etc. are all various forms of Jinn.